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| How did you even get in in the first place if you hate it
| >>1088360 its your first year. If youre lost then just study weekdays a bit. That will get you average scores for now. That would give you time to figure what you want to do.
If theres a few lessons you would like to take in 3rd or 4th years then you need to pass bare minimum.
| Im an ee engineer, I enrolled becuase I had good scores since I just did daily studies but thats it, I thought "I have played games all these years so why not go with game design and shit". I liked a bit of electronic devices so hell yeah EE engineering.
First year I learned how to make games and code while keeping juust a decent scores. After that I get interested in automation, thanks to factorio. Then after internships I realized its not for me.
| on last month of 3rd year I learned about amateur radio and got hooked. I remembered how interested I was in radios and satelites. I felt comfortable. So I am now working on a satelite company thanks to my hobby projects!
I expect to see you around.
| I am a programmer but it was a strategic decision, I didn’t like it at all during school years. I kind of like it now though because it is pretty chill. I can work like 3 hours per day with rare spikes to get through the deadline so I have time for a bunch of hobbies that I like.
I came to the conclusion that finding work you are passionate about in school/university years is a psyop. You don’t know what you like until you are like 25. Before then switching careers is useless.
| So, my advice is stick to it to have some stable ground underneath. Then you can start exploring other options as a hobby. That worked for me at least. At some point I realised that programming is not that and I didn’t like it because of internal psychological issues. I fixed those and I am currently satisfied with my work.
I know people who are constantly switching careers to find their “passion” yet they haven’t found anything for years now.
| Try playing factorio for 10 hours. If you hate it then yeah engineering might not be for you and that’s okay. If you like it then it is also okay and you can wait a year or two before dropping out.
| >>1088435
i have a similar work environment as a dev, very chill, remote. but i was actually excited about programming when i started uni, i think that phase was important for forming strong foundations. now i don't care about it much anymore, doing other stuff in my free time instead.
| ok lets go the share experience route then
| I have MSc in computer engineering and worked for a fabless cpu company for 4 years before switching to SWE.
Academia is a guild and your higher education is your apprenticeship. However you will have to do most of the lifting. First two years you study and socialize, 3 and further you should look into a relevantish job/internship (PAID!!!!!) and NOT be afraid to cut it eventually. And study and socialize. Earlier it is not worth it. You should do EVERYTHING even if it fails.
| As for engineering itself - most of it is requirements management, communication and quality assurance. These things cannot be reliably taught but ARE learnable by experience IF you are able to think. Learning in university makes you better at it.
Read Trevelyan's "the making of expert engineer" for everything about engineering except for hard skills. Pro tip: they are not THAT important at the job. Soft skills are what makes you a great engineer. We are not in 19th century anymore
| As for everything else - any engineering degree has a great deal of flexibility. You won't be able to become a chemical engineer from EE outright, but getting a decent job in the field is possible. Modern engineering is interconnected so most specialities can find a job in most fields. Those that are not the most is not your concern if you are not aware of the,. CompEng and EE is especially good for that - everybody needs electricity and digital shit.
| Pro job tip: everything engineering requires data analysis and interpretation which makes ANY engineer fit for ANY office job which deals with data and numbers. If you have any work experience and an engineering - you can score a decent desk job. You just have to present this fact, it is not obvious to a layman.
| *and an engineering degree
| *Those that are not the most is not your concern if you are not aware of them, you are not there.
Damn, I'm butchering it, lol.
| i lost the game shit
| >>24eb32 Appreciated for sharing your view of engineering comrade! I got out of uni end if last year so I can say that I relate your sentences.
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| 19 yo, first year engineering, i absolutely hate it and regret choosing and also im about to fail. im not interested in any other majors and idk what to switch to